Where does “slæccan” come from?

slæccan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *slakkjan, from Proto-Germanic slakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

slæccan (Old English): to make slack or slow

Definitions

  1. to make slack or slow

Ancestry of “slæccan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*slakkjan—
2Proto-Germanicslakjaną—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slakjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slakkjan →